- January 16
- Birth of Guy Chamberlin; early NFL end/coach (Canton Bulldogs, Frankford Yellow Jackets, Chicago Cardinals). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Harold L Gray; creator (Little Orphan Annie). [1]
- Birth of Walter Hamor Piston in Rockland, Maine, USA; composer (Incredible Flutis). [1]
- January 22
- Birth of Charles Morgan in England; writer (Fountain). [1]
- Birth of Matt McHugh in Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast, Innocent Affair). [1]
- January 23
- Birth of Remy Angenot; Flemish actor (Patriot/Idiot). [1]
- January 30
- Birth of Boris III, tsar of Bulgaria (1918-43). [1]
- Birth of Marcel Canneel; Flemish painter (Reuzenstoet). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Percy Helton in New York, USA; actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men). [1]
- February 3
- Birth of Juan Negrín; Prime Minister of the Spanish Republic (1936-39). [1]
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- Birth of Norman Rockwell; US artist/illustrator (Saturday Evening Post covers). [1]
- February 10
- Birth of Roy D'Arcy in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies). [1]
- Birth of [Maurice] Harold MacMillan in London, England; (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1957-63). [1]
- February 11
- Birth of Isaac M Kolthoff; chemist (Massenanalyse). [1]
- February 14
- Birth of Benjamin Kubelsky AKA Jack Benny in Waukegan, Illinois, USA; violin-playing, comedian of radio, television and vaudeville. [1] [457]
- February 15
- Birth of Oswaldo Aranha in Brazil; lawyer/statesman (first President of United Nations). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Herb Pennock; hall of fame pitcher (New York Yankees, 243 career wins). [1]
- February 25
- Birth of Ernst Friedrich in Breslau, Germany; pacifist (War Against War!). [1]
- Birth of Howard Wendell in Poland; actor (Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake). [1]
- March 5
- Birth of Henry Daniell in London, England; actor (Camille, Philadelphia Story, Body Snatchers). [1]
- March 17
- Birth of Paul Green; US novelist/playwright (In Abraham's Bosom). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Jackie "Moms" Mabley in Brevard, South Carolina, USA; comedienne (Merv Griffin Show). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Will Wright in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Living Christ Story). [1]
- March 30
- Birth of Sergei Ilyushin; Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin). [1]
- April 2
- Birth of Walter Mittelholzer; Swiss aviation pioneer (Swiss Air). [1]
- April 3
- Birth of Dooley Wilson in Tyler, Texas; actor (Bill - Beulah, Sam - Casablanca). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Ben Nicholson; English painter/sculptor (Circle). [1]
- April 12
- Birth of Francisco H Craveiro Lopes; Portuguese General/President (1951-58). [1]
- April 15
- Birth of Elizabeth Mae "Bessie" Smith; Empress of Blues (over 200 songs). [1]
- April 17
- Birth of Nikita S Khrushchev; first Secretary USSR (1953-64). [1]
- April 23
- Birth of Basil Sydney in Saint Osyth, Essex, England; actor (Hamlet, Jassy, Simba, Farmer's Wife). [1]
- Birth of George Renevant in Paris, France; actor (Moulin Rouge, Scotland Yard, Comrade X). [1]
- April 29
- Birth of Paul Hörbiger in Budapest, Hungary; actor (Liebelei). [1]
- May 5
- Birth of Kit Guard in Denmark; actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous). [1]
- May 10
- Birth of Dimitri Tiomkin in Russia; composer (High and Mighty - Academy Award 1954). [1]
- May 11
- Birth of Anton A Mussert; Dutch Nazi leader (NSB). [1]
- Birth of Florimond Cornellie in Belgium; yachting (Olympics-gold-1920). [1]
- Birth of Martha Graham in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA; choreographer (Appalachian Spring). [1]
- May 12
- Birth of Cleo Ridgely in New York City, New York, USA; silent screen actress (I Remember Mama, The Love Mask). [1]
- May 15
- Birth of Alberto Francisco Pradeau; Mexican coinage expert and Pancho Villa's paymaster and currency printer. [408.32]
- May 20
- Birth of Adela Rogers Saint John; journalist/author (Foreign Correspondent). [1]
- May 25
- Birth of Dirk Vansina; Flemish playwright (Verschaeve Gives Evidence). [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Dashiell Hammett in Maryland, USA; author (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon). [1]
- Birth of Louis-Ferdinand Céline in France; novelist (Journey to End of Night). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Sammy White in Rhode Island, USA; actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Beatrice Lillie in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; comedian/actress (Around the World in 80 Days). [1]
- Birth of Josef von Sternberg; Austrian director (Der blaue Engel). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Hubertus J van Mook; Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45). [1]
- May 31
- Birth of Fred Allen in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show). [1]
- June 2
- Birth of Erich Römer in Germany; ice hockey player (Olympic-bronze-1932). [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Mark van Doren in Illinois, USA; author (The Happy Critic). [1]
- June 15
- Birth of Robert Russell Bennett in Kansas City, Kansas, USA; composer/arranger (Oklahoma!). [1]
- June 20
- Birth of George Delacorte in New York City, New York, USA; philanthropist/publisher (Dell Books). [1]
- June 23
- Birth of Alfred Kinsey; entomologist/sexologist (Kinsey Report). [1]
- Birth of Duke of Windsor [King Edward VIII of England] (briefly in 1936). [1]
- June 25
- Birth of Hermann Oberth in Germany; founded modern astronautics. [1]
- June 26
- Birth of Bill Wirges in Buffalo, New York, USA; orchestra leader (Growing Paynes). [1]
- June 28
- Birth of Lois Wilson in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Alice - Aldrich Family). [1]
- July 2
- Birth of Walter Brennan in Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Real McCoys). [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Henry Carlson; basketball coach (originated figure 8 play). [1]
- July 9
- Birth of Joe Fowler in Maine, USA; graduated US Naval Academy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, designed World War II aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga, retired 1948 as rear admiral, joined Walt Disney company team April 1954, oversaw construction of Disneyland, supervised operations, in charge of construction of Walt Disney World, retired 1978, named a Disney Legend 1990. [510.174]
- July 13
- Birth of Isaak Babel; Russian short-story writer/dramatist (Red Calvary). [1]
- July 18
- Birth of Bernard Wagenaar in Arnhem, Holland; composer ("Three Songs for the Chinese"). [1]
- July 23
- Birth of Arthur Treacher in Brighton, England; actor, announcer/sidekick (Merv Griffin Show), fast food restauranteur (Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips). [1] [457]
- July 25
- Birth of Walter Brennan in Swampscott, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point, The Tycoon, The Guns of Will Sonnett, "Old Rivers", "Dutchman's Gold", three supporting actor Oscars). [1] [457]
- July 26
- Birth of Aldous Huxley in England; author (Brave New World). [1]
- July 31
- Birth of Roy Bargy in Michigan, USA; orchestra leader (Jimmy Durante Show). [1]
- August 3
- Birth of Harry Heilmann in San Francisco, California, USA; baseball hall of famer outfielder (Detroit Tigers). [1]
- August 16
- Birth of George Meany in New York City, New York, USA; labor leader (headed AFL-CIO). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of Jean Rhys in the West Indies; writer (Voyage in the Dark). [1]
- August 27
- Birth of Charles Meredith in Knoxville, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Court of Last Resort). [1]
- September 10
- Birth of Humphrey Hume Wrong in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Canadian diplomat: first secretary, counsellor, minister counsellor, ambassador to Washington, permanent Canadian delegate to the League of Nations, assistant undersecretary and undersecretary of state for external affairs (dies 1954). [835.7]
- September 12
- Birth of Billy Gilbert in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday). [1]
- September 13
- Birth of J(ohn) B(oynton) Priestly; author (Good Companions), married Jessica Hawkes. [1]
- September 15
- Birth of Jean Renoir in Paris, France; French director (La Grand Illusion, La Règle du Jeu, La Béte Humane), screenwriter, actor, author (Renoir, My Father) (died 1979). [1]
- October 4
- Birth of Cliff Hall in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (Sharlie - Baron Munchausen radio show, Crime Photographer). [457]
- October 12
- Birth of Dr Charles Hodge in California, USA; NYU professor (Answers for Americans). [1]
- October 14
- Birth of Heinrich Lübke in Enkhausen, Germany; President of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959-1969). [37]
- Birth of E.E. Cummings in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; poet (Tulips and Chimneys). [1]
- October 26
- Birth of John S Knight in West Virginia, USA; publisher (Knight-Ridder). [1]
- November 5
- Birth of Eugen Zador in Bataszek, Hungary; Hungarian/American composer (Diana). [1]
- November 23
- Birth of Ture Persson in Sweden; sprinter (Olympic-silver-1912). [1]
- November 26
- Birth of Norbert Wiener; US mathematician, discovered cybernetics. [1]
- November 28
- Birth of Brooks Atkinson; drama critic (Broadway theater namesake). [1]
- November 30
- Birth of Ture Rangstrom in Stockholm, Sweden; composer/critic (Kronbruden). [1]
- December 2
- Birth of Warren William [Krech] in Aitkin, Minnesota, USA; actor (Caesar - Cleopatra, Morgan - Go West Young Man). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of James (Grover) Thurber in Columbus, Ohio, USA; humorist (Men, Women and Dogs). [1]
- December 11
- Birth of Eddie Dowling in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, USA; composer, actor (Anywhere USA). [1]
- December 17
- Birth of Arthur Fiedler in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; viola player, longtime conductor of the Boston Pops (1930-1979). [1] [457]
- Birth of Hans [Henry] Kramers; Dutch theoretical physicist (quantum mechanics). [1]
- Birth of Willem Schermerhorn; Netherlands premier (1945-46). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of Ford C Frick; baseball commissioner (1951-65). [1]
- Birth of Paul Dessau in Hamburg, Germany; composer/conducter (Berlin, 1925-33). [1]
- Birth of Yoshida Isoya in Tokyo, Japan; architect (modern sukiya style). [1]
- December 20
- Birth of Robert Menzies; Australian Prime Minister (1939-41, 1949-66). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Arthur Gilligan; cricket player (England captain in 1920s). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of André de Meulemeester; Belgian WWI pilot (Eagle of Flanders). [1]
- Birth of Ed Healey; NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears). [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Pola Negri AKA Barbara A Chalupiec; Polish/US actress (Madame Dubarry). [1]
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